LOS ANGELES — A new Los Angeles County coroner’s report into the death of Natalie Wood released Monday questions original 1981 findings that led investigators to conclude that the actress died accidentally, sources close to the investigation told the Los Angeles Times.

The report concludes that bruising on the actress’ wrists and other areas could be more consistent with injuries from an assault prior to her entering the water, the report and sources said.

The new findings — which sheriff’s sources said they have known about for some time — stop short of classifying her death as a homicide.

Details about the new report were first reported by CBS News.

The case was reopened in November 2011. Last August, Los Angeles County coroner’s officials amended Wood’s death certificate to reflect unanswered questions about her Nov. 28, 1981, death at Catalina Island. It changed the description of her death from an accidental drowning to “drowning and other undetermined factors.”

At the time of her death, her husband, actor Robert Wagner, told authorities she fell off their yacht, the 60-foot-long Splendour, possibly while trying to retie a dinghy that had been banging against the side of the boat, disturbing her sleep.

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